How to manufacture and sell my own tea.?

[larry]

I would like to selling homemade tea and herbal teas that i have made my self. How do i go about this with regards to legallities, patents etc. Do i have to grow the tea my self if i want to sell it with my name on it? Or can i source suppliers for the basics and blend/package myself?
Thank you

[menw]

You might want to patent your mixture if it is unique but perhaps not at all..

HOWEVER, if you do find it is something you want to look at heeeere you go!

Do you know about the Provisional Patent Application? It only costs $125 and was designed by Congress to give individual inventors a chance at bringing their inventive ideas to market easily. It is SUPER EASY to do..

To see the top 10 reasons to file a Provisional Patent Application please watch the second video in this blog.
http://www.filepatentapplications.com/blog/

If a provisional patent application looks like the right thing for you to do then take a look at another website that shows EXACTLY how to file one using a video format.
http://provisionalpatentvideo.com/

If you need to know how to get your product sold then you might also enjoy reading this information by the Ginsu Knife guy! It is pretty cool.
http://bit.ly/GinsuKnifeGuy

Of course you coulees ALSO just go to the US Patent Office and figure out how to file a patent yourself. Here is the link..
http://www.uspto.gov/patents/process/index.jsp
The flow chart there is pretty nice to give you an idea how to do what you want to do!

Their patent search is hard to use and you need special programs to look at the patents… Instead, consider using Google Patent Search!

Here is how you can use Google Patent Search to search for an "Oscillating inertial microbalance"
https://www.google.com/search?tbm=pts&tbo=1&hl=en&q=windshield+washing&btnG=Search+Patents#pq=windshield+washing&hl=en&cp=12&gs_id=4y&xhr=t&q=Oscillating+inertial+microbalance&tok=qmU6Mb2tmAgPCn06skSHuw&pf=p&sclient=psy-ab&tbo=1&tbm=pts&source=hp&pbx=1&oq=Oscillating+inertial+microbalance&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=35652c72313c0fbf&biw=1390&bih=692

Just type the term you want to search for in the search box. Play with MANY variants of your inventive idea.

Also, for a more global patent search look here:
http://worldwide.espacenet.com/advancedSearch?locale=en_EP

Remember... Patents are MOSTLY "Improvements" on other inventions.. So, while you may see something SIMILAR to your inventive idea it does not mean that you cannot patent your IMPROVEMENT.. Example... A tire is an IMPROVEMENT on a wagon wheel. A radial biased ply tire is an IMPROVEMENT on a non radial biased tire. There are over 10,000 patents on tires... Nearly every single one is an improvement!

And… a special gift for you is a sample Non Disclosure (also called an NDA) that you would have folks sign when you show them your inventive idea. You can change it up and use others but if you have NOTHING now it is a very good start written by my lawyer who charged me a TON for it!
http://www.4lowprice.info/images/NDA_GeneralMutual.doc

If you like my answer can you vote on it?

Thanks,

Dave